Comet 3I/ATLAS now visible from Earth with a small telescope — here’s how to see it

Contrary to claims that 3I/ATLAS is no longer from Earth, space experts claim that the Manhattan-sized comet can now be captured by anyone with basic viewing equipment. Astronomer Yicheng Zhang ...
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Scientists Say We Should Blow Up This Dangerous Asteroid Before It Gets Here

In 2022, NASA intentionally rammed a spacecraft into a small asteroid at 14,000 mph, knocking it off course. The goal was to demonstrate a proof of concept for keeping humanity safe from a space rock ...
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NASA Scientists Consider Blowing Up “City-Killer” Asteroid Headed for the Moon

A city-block-sized asteroid named 2024 YR4 is hurtling through space, and it has our Moon in its sights. Asteroid 2024 YR4 caused quite the stir last year when astronomers calculated a 3% chance of ...
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Nuclear impact: Scientists say NASA should blow up asteroid headed for moon

Researchers, including some from NASA, say the best option to stop an asteroid with a 4% chance of smashing into the moon and a .00081% chance of slamming into Earth may be to nuke it. Earlier this ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon. Scientists propose nuking it before that happens

Because it's big enough to be deemed a "city killer," asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm due to the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While Earth may no ...